Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation
Recommended Citation
Luo N, Merrill P, Parikh KS, Whellan DJ, Pina IL, Fiuzat M, Kraus WE, Kitzman DW, Keteyian SJ, O'Connor CM, Mentz RJ. Exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. Apr 04 2017;69(13):1683-1691.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-4-2017
Publication Title
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The safety and efficacy of aerobic exercise in heart failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been well evaluated.
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether outcomes with exercise training in HF vary according to AF status.
METHODS: HF-ACTION (Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training) randomized 2,331 ambulatory HF patients with ejection fraction ≤35% to exercise training or usual care. We examined clinical characteristics and outcomes (mortality/hospitalization) by baseline AF status (past history of AF or AF on baseline electrocardiogram vs. no AF) using adjusted Cox models and explored an interaction with exercise training. We assessed post-randomization AF events diagnosed via hospitalizations for AF and reports of serious arrhythmia caused by AF.
RESULTS: Of 2,292 patients with baseline rhythm data, 382 (17%) had AF, 1,602 (70%) had sinus rhythm, and 308 (13%) had "other" rhythm. Patients with AF were older and had lower peak Vo
CONCLUSIONS: AF in patients with chronic HF was associated with older age, reduced exercise capacity at baseline, and a higher overall rate of clinical events, but not a differential response to exercise training for clinical outcomes or changes in exercise capacity. (Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training [HF-ACTION]; NCT00047437).
Medical Subject Headings
Aged; Atrial Fibrillation; Exercise; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Heart Failure; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; United States
PubMed ID
28359513
Volume
69
Issue
13
First Page
1683
Last Page
1691
